¹V tem je lakota jako stiskala deželo.

¹And the famine [is] severe in the land;

²In ko so pojedli živež, ki so ga bili prinesli iz Egipta, jim veli njih oče: Pojdite zopet, kupite nam malo hrane.

²and it cometh to pass, when they have finished eating the corn which they brought from Egypt, that their father saith unto them, `Turn back, buy for us a little food.`

³A Juda mu odgovori in reče: Resno nam je zatrdil oni mož in rekel: Videli ne boste obličja mojega, ako ne bode brata vašega z vami.

³And Judah speaketh unto him, saying, `The man protesting protested to us, saying, Ye do not see my face without your brother [being] with you;

⁴Če hočeš poslati brata našega z nami, pojdemo doli in ti kupimo žita.

⁴if thou art sending our brother with us, we go down, and buy for thee food,

⁵Ako ga pa nočeš poslati, ne pojdemo doli, zakaj oni mož nam je rekel: Videli ne boste obličja mojega, ako ne bode brata vašega z vami.

⁵and if thou art not sending — we do not go down, for the man said unto us, Ye do not see my face without your brother [being] with you.`

⁶Tedaj reče Izrael: Zakaj ste mi tako hudo storili, ko ste povedali onemu možu, da imate še brata?

⁶And Israel saith, `Why did ye evil to me, by declaring to the man that ye had yet a brother?`

⁷Oni pa reko: Skrbno je popraševal tisti mož po nas in sorodovini naši, govoreč: Ali še živi vaš oče? imate li še brata? In povedali smo mu po tistih besedah. Kako smo neki mogli vedeti, da poreče: Pripeljite s seboj brata svojega?

⁷and they say, `The man asked diligently concerning us, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye a brother? and we declare to him according to the tenor of these things; do we certainly know that he will say, Bring down your brother?`

⁸In reče Juda Izraelu, svojemu očetu: Pošlji dečka z menoj, in vstanimo ter odidimo, da si ohranimo življenje in ne umremo, mi in ti in otročiči naši.

⁸And Judah saith unto Israel his father, `Send the youth with me, and we arise, and go, and live, and do not die, both we, and thou, and our infants.

⁹Jaz sem porok zanj, iz moje roke ga zahtevaj; če ti ga ne pripeljem in ga ne postavim predte, naj bom kriv zoper tebe vse dni.

⁹I — I am surety [for] him, from my hand thou dost require him; if I have not brought him in unto thee, and set him before thee — then I have sinned against thee all the days;

¹⁰Kajti ko bi ne bili odlašali, bi se bili že dvakrat vrnili v tem času.

¹⁰for if we had not lingered, surely now we had returned these two times.`

¹¹Veli torej Izrael, njih oče: Če mora biti tako, storite to: vzemite od najboljših pridelkov naše dežele v posodah svojih in nesite darilo onemu možu: malo balzama in malo medu, dišav in mire, kločkov in mandljev.

¹¹And Israel their father saith unto them, `If so, now, this do: take of the praised thing of the land in your vessels, and take down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds;

¹²Denarja tudi vzemite dvojno v roko svojo, in tisti denar, ki je bil vrnjen zvrha v vrečah vaših, nesite nazaj v roki svoji, nemara je bila pomota.

¹²and double money take in your hand, even the money which is brought back in the mouth of your bags, ye take back in your hand, it may be it [is] an oversight.

¹³Tudi brata svojega vzemite ter vstanite, vrnite se k onemu možu.

¹³`And take your brother, and rise, turn back unto the man;

¹⁴In Bog silni, Vsemogočni vam daj usmiljenje pred tistim možem, da vam izpusti onega brata vašega in Benjamina. Jaz pa, če bodem brez otrok, naj bom brez otrok!

¹⁴and God Almighty give to you mercies before the man, so that he hath sent to you your other brother and Benjamin; and I, when I am bereaved — I am bereaved.`

¹⁵Možje torej vzemo tisto darilo in denarja še enkrat toliko v roko svojo in Benjamina, ter vstanejo in odidejo doli v Egipt ter stopijo pred obličje Jožefovo.

¹⁵And the men take this present, double money also they have taken in their hand, and Benjamin; and they rise, and go down to Egypt, and stand before Joseph;

¹⁶Ko je videl Jožef Benjamina ž njimi, veli upravniku hiše svoje: Pelji noter te može in zakolji živali ter pripravi, z menoj namreč bodo jedli ti možje opoldne.

¹⁶and Joseph seeth Benjamin with them, and saith to him who [is] over his house, `Bring the men into the house, and slaughter an animal, and make ready, for with me do the men eat at noon.`

¹⁷In mož stori, kakor je ukazal Jožef; in peljal je može v hišo Jožefovo.

¹⁷And the man doth as Joseph hath said, and the man bringeth in the men into the house of Joseph,

¹⁸Ali bali so se možje, ker jih je peljal v Jožefovo hišo, in so rekli: Zaradi tistega denarja, ki je bil vrnjen prej v vreče naše, nas pelje noter, da zvrne to na nas in plane na nas in vzame za sužnje nas z našimi osli.

¹⁸and the men are afraid because they have been brought into the house of Joseph, and they say, `For the matter of the money which was put back in our bags at the commencement are we brought in — to roll himself upon us, and to throw himself on us, and to take us for servants — our asses also.`

¹⁹In pristopijo k možu, ki je upravljal hišo Jožefovo, in ga ogovore pred vrati hiše

¹⁹And they come nigh unto the man who [is] over the house of Joseph, and speak unto him at the opening of the house,

²⁰in reko: Prosim, gospod moj! Prišli smo bili že preje kupit žita.

²⁰and say, `O, my lord, we really come down at the commencement to buy food;

²¹Ko smo pa prišli v prenočišče in razvezali vreče svoje, glej, denar vsakega je bil na vrhu v vreči njegovi, prav denar naš po teži svoji; prinesli smo ga torej nazaj v rokah svojih.

²¹and it cometh to pass, when we have come in unto the lodging-place, and open our bags, that lo, each one`s money [is] in the mouth of his bag, our money in its weight, and we bring it back in our hand;

²²In še drugega denarja smo prinesli sem v rokah svojih, da kupimo žita. Ne vemo, kdo je položil denar naš v vreče naše.

²²and other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food; we have not known who put our money in our bags.`

²³In on reče: Mir vam, ne bojte se! Bog vaš in očeta vašega Bog vam je dal zaklad v vreče vaše; denar vaš sem prejel. In privede k njim Simeona.

²³And he saith, `Peace to you, fear not: your God and the God of your father hath given to you hidden treasure in your bags, your money came unto me;` and he bringeth out Simeon unto them.

²⁴In mož jih pripelje v hišo Jožefovo in jim da vode, da si umijejo noge, in da tudi klaje njih oslom.

²⁴And the man bringeth in the men into Joseph`s house, and giveth water, and they wash their feet; and he giveth provender for their asses,

²⁵V tem so pripravljali darilo svoje, da ga izroče, kadar pride Jožef opoldne; zakaj slišali so, da bodo tam obedovali.

²⁵and they prepare the present until the coming of Joseph at noon, for they have heard that there they do eat bread.

²⁶Ko je pa Jožef prišel domov, prineso noter k njemu darilo, ki so ga imeli v rokah svojih, in priklonijo se mu do tal.

²⁶And Joseph cometh into the house, and they bring to him the present which [is] in their hand, into the house, and bow themselves to him, to the earth;

²⁷In on jih vpraša, kako se jim godi, ter reče: Ali se dobro godi vašemu očetu, starčku, o katerem ste govorili? Ali še živi?

²⁷and he asketh of them of peace, and saith, `Is your father well? the aged man of whom ye have spoken, is he yet alive?`

²⁸Oni pa reko: Dobro se godi hlapcu tvojemu, našemu očetu, še živi. In pripognejo teme in se priklonijo.

²⁸and they say, `Thy servant our father [is] well, he is yet alive;` and they bow, and do obeisance.

²⁹In povzdigne oči in zagleda Benjamina, brata svojega, matere svoje sina, ter reče: Tale je tisti brat vaš najmlajši, o katerem ste mi govorili? In veli: Bog ti bodi milosten, sin moj!

²⁹And he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth Benjamin his brother, his mother`s son, and saith, `Is this your young brother, of whom ye have spoken unto me?` and he saith, `God favour thee, my son.`

³⁰In Jožef odhiti, ker mu je srce gorelo do brata svojega, in poišče, kje bi se izjokal; in vstopi v stanico svojo, ter je jokal v njej.

³⁰And Joseph hasteth, for his bowels have been moved for his brother, and he seeketh to weep, and entereth the inner chamber, and weepeth there;

³¹Potem si umije obraz in pride ven ter, premagujoč se, reče: Prinesite jed!

³¹and he washeth his face, and goeth out, and refraineth himself, and saith, `Place bread.`

³²In prineso njemu posebe in njim posebe in Egipčanom, ki so ž njim jedli, posebe, zakaj Egipčani ne smejo jesti s Hebrejci, ker to je nagnusno Egipčanom.

³²And they place for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who are eating with him by themselves: for the Egyptians are unable to eat bread with the Hebrews, for it [is] an abomination to the Egyptians.

³³Sedeli so pa pred njim, prvenec po prvenstvu svojem in mlajši po mlajših letih svojih; in čudeč se so gledali ti možje drug drugega.In jemaje jedi pred seboj, je pošiljal k njim, in večji je bil petkrat delež Benjaminov nego kateregakoli izmed njih. Tako so se gostili in dosti so pili ž njim.

³³And they sit before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the young one according to his youth, and the men wonder one at another;

³⁴In jemaje jedi pred seboj, je pošiljal k njim, in večji je bil petkrat delež Benjaminov nego kateregakoli izmed njih. Tako so se gostili in dosti so pili ž njim.

³⁴and he lifteth up gifts from before him unto them, and the gift of Benjamin is five hands more than the gifts of all of them; and they drink, yea, they drink abundantly with him.